Toy aeroplane



E. 1. AND H. T-. KINGSBURY.

. TOY AEROPLANE. APPLICATION FILED JULYIT,19I9.

Patented July 27, 1920..

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

E. 1. AND H. T. KINGSBURY.

TOY AEROPLANE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 17. 19H).

Patented July 27 1920. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

U1 J IT ED. "STATES PAT TOY AEROPLANE.

To all it may concern j Beit knowmthat we, EDWARD J. KINGS- BURY. and. HARRY T. KI GSBURY, citizens of the United States,residing, respectively, at Keene, in the county of Cheshire, State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Aeroplanes,

of which the following is a. description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing-and to thefigures of reference markedthereon. I v

This invention relates to improvements in toy aeroplanes.

The object'of the invention is to provide.

an aeroplane of this character in which the fuselage, the two planesand running gear carrying the spring, propelling means are made separate and independent of; each other and locked together by interlocking ears carried by the running gear and a single removable bolt. 7

.Another object of the invention is to mount the running gear on the plane so that it can be turned to cause the aeroplane 25 to'travel in a circle,'and the turning of the running gear causes the planes to tilt or bank so thatthe plane will more readily follow the course set by the wheels of the A still further objectofthel invention is to provide an aeroplane in which the'pro peller takes its power from a frictionally. driven wheel near the tail'of the fuselage and at the same timeprovidinga simple,

cheap and effective aeroplane having certain details of structure and combination of parts hereinafter morefully set forth.

In the accompanying. drawings: Figure 1 'sa side elevation of our improved toy aeroplane; a I c Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view showing the means by which the Wheels may be turned and the driving means for the propeller; 1

Fig. 3 is a front elevation; a V Fig. 4c is a front view-of the device, partly in sec'tion,;showing the running gear turned to cause'the aeroplane to travel in a circle and showing the planes slightly banked;

a d. Z J Fig. 5 shows an enlarged longitudinal sectional view.

Referring more in detail to the drawings,

- .The planes 22 and. 23

1 represents the fuselage which is preferthe point 2, as indicated at 3 and l, and is provided with an opening 5..in its upper ENT OFFICE.

EDWARD J. K uGsBuRr AND HARRY '17. KINGSBURY, or KEENE, NEW; HAMPSH-iBE.

Specification of Letters Patent.v Patented J 1y. 27, 1920. Application filed Ju1 17, 1919. Serial No. 311,671. I r. v

face in rear of the point 2, as clearly shown 1n Fig. 2 of the drawings. This ope'ning formsthe car for the passengers and'below the opening is a seat- 6 upon which a-itoy figure may be placed. 1

The lower face of the fuselage is open, as indicated at 8, and the forward end is closed by the cap 9havingan opening 10therein, forming a bearing. for the forward end of the propeller shaft 11 which has secured thereon beyond the capthe propeller 12 which isofthe usual two blade form, as

clearly shown 'in Fig. .3 of the drawings. The rear end of the fuselage is provided with horizontal and I vertical balancing planes 13 and 14 made of the usual shape,

and arranged as clearly shown and which needs no further description. Therear end of the fuselage adjacent the planes 13 and 14 is provided with the downwardly extending arms 15 and 16 formingbearings for the pintles 17 wheel 18. V I v The propeller shaft extends approximately the entire 'lengthof the fuselage and the horizontalplaneM has its inner end turned downwardly as indicated at 19 and forming a bearing for'the propeller shaftll. The shaft beyond the hearing has rigidly secured thereon a pulley 20 aroundwhich passes the drive 21 which alsopasses around the pulley 18. By this structure-itwill beseen that theroller' 18 rests .upon the ground or floor and is frictionally driven and whereby, through the medium of the belt21, the propeller shaft 11 is driven.

carried iby" the roller or v are. of metaland slightly 'convexed and heldin their spaced relation bythe rods 2land 25 arranged at the proper intervals, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The forward edge of the lower plane is provided with an outwardly extending loop 26 made of wire, which extends around the propeller and protects the propeller when the toy runs against an obstruction.

r The fuselage 1 is provided adjacent its forward end with a solid lower end, as indicated at 27, andthe solid end is provided with twoopenings or slots 28 arranged to correspond or register with openings or slots 29 in the lower plane 23. r

'The running gear consists of a longitudinal plate 30 having at its forward end upwardly and forwardly extending lugs 31 fadapted to enter the slots 28 and 29 and 7 gear together The rearend of theplate: '30 is provided .with a slot 32 extending from the rear edgeand'adap'ted to register'with lock the planes, fuselage and the running a slot 33' extending from the rear edgelof the-fuselage 27 and also with a slot 34; in the rear edgeyof the lower'plane 23. Passmg throughthe slots is a single bolt 35 which securely holds the running gear, the planes and the fuselage in the position fully shown 20 in Fig. Qofthe drawings. Theplate '30 isprovided with a down.- wardly'bent portion '36 resting upon a transverse plate 37 and held together by the-pivot 38, whereby the wheels are pivotally sup ported, as war be. hereinafter more fully' described. The transverse plate 37 'isprovided with beveledfaces 39 and A0 onIeachside of the pivot which willca use the plate 30 to tilt upon the turning of the same onthe pivot, and whereby the planes carried thereby are tilted. The plate 37 has its outer ends turned downwardly at A1 and 42' which have laterally turned lower ends rivetedto the'spring carryingcase 4:3. The

case i3 is of the ordinary form now usedon toys manufactured'by us and 1n thls form 'is provided with thehorizontal shafts 4A 7 and 45 driven by the spring and provided' with the supporting wheels 46 and 4:7 5 The lower end of the spring case is provided with the winding lugs 48 for'winding the s )rin in thecasin While there is shown infthe drawings a toy of the above character running on the ,madeseparate, interlocking means carried" .fgeartothe fuselage. g V s A toy of the character described, coni- 7 ground or floor, it will be understood that a boat could talre the place of the running gear and paddle wheels could be substituted for the wheelswhereby a hydroplane would be forined'to glide over the'water.

7 Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is t 1. A toy of the ch racterjdescribed,*coni prising a fuselage, planes andrunning gear made separate, and a commonmea'nsfor securing the same together. 7 2. A toy .of the character described, comprising a fuselage, planes and running gear by the running gear for lockingthe forward endof the same to the planes and locking the planes to the fuselage,.and a bolt locking the rear end of the planes and the-running a-propellercarried; by the forward end of the fuselage, a friction' wheel-carried by the rear end of the fuselage having means for rotating the propeller, and a running gear carried by the forward end of the fuselage and having means 'for propellingthe toy.

: .6. A- toy of the character described comprising a fuselage, planes secured thereto, a

propeller carried by the fuselage, a friction wheel carried bythe rear end of the fuselage and adapted to drive the propeller, and a running gear pivotally mounted and adapt ed to tilt the planes to one side 'upon the turning thereof and having means for pro- 1 pelling' the toy.

prisinga fuselage, propeller and plane's,1 a

running gear adapted to swing on a substan'' tially vertical pivot for tilting the planes and having means for propelling thetoy.

' 8. A toy ofthe character described, comprising a fuselage, propeller and planes, and a running gear'secured to the fuselage, and

wheels mounted, upon the substantially vertical'pivot and adapted to tilt the planes, and means carried by the wheels for propelling the toy. n

9. A toy of the character described, comprisingja fuselage, a-propeller carried by the forward end of the fuselage, a shaft carried by the propeller and extending to the'rear end of the same, a pulley carried by the shaft, downwardly extending arms car- 7 A toy of he character described, coma I ried by the-rear end of the fuselage,-a-fric- "tio'n drive; wheel rotatably mounted-in the lower end of the arms,' a belt passing around the wheel and thepulley for'rotat'ing the propeller, and a running gear carried by the forward end of thefuselage and-having propelling means.

' 10. A toy ofthecharacter described, the

combination with the planes and fuselage,

of a plate having a downwardly inclined portion, and-a running gear having propelling means, and a transverse plate arranged at the same angle as the first-mentioned plate and pivoted thereto'and having bev- 'eled portions on each side of the pivot, whereby the turning of the running gear 3 tilts the planes.

11. toy of the character described,fcom

prising two planes spaced apart, a fuselage slots in the fuselage, plane and. running resting upon the lower planes, a propeller gear.

carried by the fuselage, and a running gear In testimony whereof We afiix our signa- 10 having propelling means and having uptures.

wardly and forwardly extending lugs passing through registering slots in the fuselage EDWARD J. KINGSBURY.

and plane, and a single bolt passing through v HARRY T. KINGSBURY. 

